Geriatric Mental Health Disaster and Emergency Preparedness

418 Index
self-care programs for, 146
symptom chronicity and, 3, 190
symptoms/classifi cation of, 320
Practice Guidelines, of APA, 301
Practitioner trauma, 106 –107, 132
Prayer wheel, 232
Prazosin, 191
Pregabalin, 17
Presidential Symposium on 2004
Tsunami and Older People, 91
Preventive Services Task Force, U.S., 10
Primary care physician (PCP), 18
PRM. See Psychosocial Rehabilitation
Model
Problem-solving simulations, 260 – 268
Project Liberty, 132, 344
PSA. See Public service announcement
Psychodrama, 219
Psychodynamic interventions, for
postdisaster symptoms, 189
“Psychological First Aid” (PFA), 184
Psychological history/need, 201– 202
Psychological impact, of disasters, 274 – 277
pre-disaster psychopathology and,
278–279
prior disaster experience and, 277
risk factors for, 276
in rural areas, 278
time limited, 275
of transfer trauma, 275
variables for, 274
Psychopathology, 277–279
Psychopharmacological treatment,
12–15
antidepressants and, 12 –13
antipsychotics and, 14
benzodiazepines and, 13 –14
dementia medications and, 15
for PTSD, 189 –192
Psychosocial characteristics, 363 – 364
Psychosocial interventions, 175 –176
Psychosocial Rehabilitation Model (PRM),
338 – 339
Psychotherapy, 15 –16, 16
PTSD. See Posttraumatic stress disorder
Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC),
91
Public Safety Canada, 83
Public service announcement (PSA), 149
Puerto Ricans, spirituality of, 229
Putnam, Robert, 164
PWDS. See Persons with dementia
Q
Quality of care, 250
Quality of life, xviii, xix, xx, xxi, xxii, xv, xvi,
5, 25, 120, 128, 135, 137, 138, 175,
176, 195, 227-228, 241, 242, 250, 252,
253, 269, 270, 343, 349, 354, 359
choice and choosing model, xx, 5, 176
choice and choosing process, 253
domains, 227-228, 252
evaluation, xxii, 135, 354
facilitating choice and choosing, 250,
354
restrictions, 135, 250
chronic disease model of care emphasis
on, 250
interdisciplinary treatment team and,
251, 253
mental health and, 5
person centered, 354
promoting quality, xxi, 135, 353
Stroud Center for Studies of Quality of
Life, 5
Quebec ice storm, 85, 87 – 88
R
RAC. See Reliant Astrodome Complex
Rahman, M., 86
Randomized controlled trials (RCTs), 10
Rational-emotive therapy, 303
RCTs. See Randomized controlled trials
Ready America Web site, of Department of
Homeland Security, 122
Red Crescent Societies Reference
Center for Psychosocial Support,
43, 119, 120
Red Cross. See American Red Cross
Red River Manitoba fl oods, 85, 86 – 87
Reeves, S., 250
Refl ective practice
anticipatory refl ection use in, 114, 116
community benefi ts from, 113 –114
disaster response in, 109
for facilitated refl ective practice,
108 –113
planning group for, 110